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CLADHAICH
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CLAONADII
poking; a.' c/adhach fo'n bhruaich, poil-.
ing under the bank of the river; n. m.
act of digging.
Cladhaich, kla6-gh"-èch, v. dig, delve,
poke.
Cladhaire, klao-gh'.ar'-à, n. m. a cow-
ard ; gu'n robh còta dubh air cealgair na
fòta dearg air cladhaire, inay a hypocrite
never wear a hiack coat, nor a coward a
red one ; a hero formerly, the one super-
intending the burying of soldiers in an
army ; now, grave-digger.
Cladhaireachd, klao'-àr'-àchg, n.f. cow-
ardice.
Cladrach, klad"-rraeh, n. m. any thing
scattered.
Cladraich, klad"-rèch, v. scatter.
Clag, kllag'-g, n. m. a bell; a crash.
Clagarsaich, klàgg'-ar-sich, n. f. crash-
ing, crashing noise; dangling, waving.
CtAG-THiGH, klagg'-hàègh, n. m. a belfry,
steeple.
Claiuean, klaj'-an', n. m. an absurd ham-
mering at any thing ; dangling.
Claidheamh, klli'yhèv, «. m. a sword;
murdered into kllè'-è, in many places;
pi. claidhmhichean, kHiv'-èch-un,swords;
claidheamh mar, a broad sword \ claidh-
eamh crom, a sabre; claidheamli coal, a
small sword ; eha 'n 'eil f hios dè'n claidh-
eamh a bhios 'san truaill gus an tairnear
e, it is not known what sword is in the
sheath or scabbard, till it is drawn.
Claidheamhair, cUiv'-vhàr', n. m. swords-
man.
Claidheamhaireachd, klliv'-var-achg, n.
/. swordsmanship; more correctly, claidh-
mhaireachd.
Claidreach, klaj'-rach, a. fatiguing.
Claidrich, klaj'-rech, v. fatigue, shat-
ter.
Ci.aigeach, klaèg' ach, n. m. a steeple.
Irish.
Claigionn, klaeg'-unn, n. m. a skull,
scalp; the best field of arable land in a
farm.
Claigioxnach, klàèg'-unn-ach, a. head-
stall of a bridle, halter, &c. ; best arable
land of a district.
Clair, kllaer, n. m. p. lids.
Clais, kllàsh, n. f. a furrow, a trench.
Claisire, klash'-èr-à, n. m. trencher.
Claisdeaciid, klashj'-achg, n. J. sense of
hearing, hearing ; ann am chlaisdeachd,
in my hearing, (cluas èisde;iehd) ; chaill
e a chlaisdeachd, he lost his sense of hear-
ing.
Claiseach, klash-ach, a. furrowed, trench-
ed.
Claistinn, klàsh'-tyenn, pt. hearing.
,\orth.
Clambar, klamb'-ar, litigiousness, wrsiig.
ling ; evil report, private slander.
Clamhair, klàv'-àr, v. scratch, shrug.
Clamhas, klav'-us, n. m. clamour, un-
founded report, clatter; brawling.
Clamhasail, klav'-ssal, a. brawling, clat-
tering.
Clambrach, klamb'-ar-ach, a. litigious,
fond of law ; virrangling, slandering.
Clamhradh, klav'-ri, pt. scratching,
shrugging.
Clamhuinn, klav'-enn, n. m. sleet, flinne.
D.B.
Clann, klan'n, n. m. and /. children, off-
spring, descendants ; a clan ; cha robh
duine cloinne aice, she had no children,
B. ; a chlann nan sonn, ye descendents of
heroes; clann an ToisicH, the Mackin.
toshes; clann Rannail, the clan Ran-
alds ; clann diolain, bastard children ;
clann an cloinne, their children's children ;
(Teutonic, klein) ; a curl, a ringlet; na
clannaibh, in curls, in ringlets. Song; v.
curl.
Clannach, klann'-ach, a. fruitful ; curled,
in ringlets ; Anna chlannach, Anne, with
the many ringlets. Song.
Clannaich, klann'-ech, v. n. beget ehil
dren.
Claoidh, klùe'-yh', v. cloy, exhaust, over,
fatigue; fag; overcome with fatigue;
mar chlaoidheas teine coillteach, as fire
overcomes wood, Sm. ; «. vt. fatigue, ex-
cessive fatigue } pt. fagging, fainting ;
mortifying ; claoidhabh ar buill, mortify
your members. Bib!e.
Claoidhte, klùèly''-tya,p/. exhausted with
fatigue.
Claoidhteach, kliiety'-tyach, a. exhaust-
ing one's strength; fatiguing, fagging,
fainting, overcoming ; spending.
Claoidhteachd, klùèty"-tyàchg, n.f. ex-
haustion, faggmg or exhausting ; fa-
tigue.
Claoine, klàoèn'-à, «. f. inclination,
squintness.
Claon, klaon, v. incline, go aside, rebel ;
clilaon iad uile, they have all gone aside ;
move aslant or obliquely; mar a' ghriana'
tlia claonadh 'sa ghleann, like the sun
that moves aslant in the glen, Oss.; a.
squint, oblique, slanting; meandering;
liime a tha claon 'sa ghleann, a pool or
stream that is meandering in the val-
ley, Oss. ; squint-eyed ; fear claon, a man
that squints; (Lat. et Gr. clino).
Claonadh, klaon'-A, n. m. and pt. squint-
ing, slanting, meandering, inclining,
bending ; mar sgaile a claonadh sios, tike
a shadow declining, Sm. ; a. inclination ;
oblique motion.